posed
to describe the heaven of the people called the Dahcotahs, describes
also that of many other tribes. Keating assigns the belief to the
Dahcotahs. (See his Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St.
Petre's river. London, 1825, Vol. 1., p. 410).

The second tradition in the series, "The Delaware Heaven," I believe is
peculiar to the tribes which compose that nation, and rests upon the
authority of Loskiel. (History of the Missions of the United Brethren.
Lond. 1794, p. 35). He was a Moravian missionary, and has been esteemed
an accurate and faithful relator of what he saw.

The third of these series of traditions relating to the future residence
of the soul, entitled "The Hunting-Grounds of the Blackfoots," is a
current tradition with many tribes, but, in order to give it a more
distinct shape, I have assigned it to the Blackfoot tribe.

The legend entitled "The Stone Canoe" is referred to by Mackenzie.
("Voyages from Montreal to the Frozen Ocean." Quarto, London, 1801,
Prelim. Account, cxix).

"The Little White Dove" I have heard of frequently, and yet I cannot
at this moment give any authority. It was probably an American
author--certain I am that it is a genuine tradition.

The last of the Legends, entitled "The Teton's Paradise," is so well
and so generally known to be a genuine tradition, that I shall content
myself with referring only to Hearne. ("Journey to the Northern Ocean,"
p. 346). He does not indeed speak of it as a Teton tradition, but as it
is known to prevail over the entire northern and western region, I have
assigned it to the Tetons.

"The Legends of Creation," with which the second volume commences, are
very interesting, for a number of them clearly refer to the great
Deluge. The first of these legends, "The Two Chappewees," is in two
parts: one is copied nearly verbatim from Captain (now Sir John)
Franklin's admirable account of his Journey to the Polar Ocean; the
other is referred to by Hearne.

The second of these legends, "Sakechak, the Hunter," is referred to by
Charlevoix, (in his Journal. London, 1761. Vol. 11, p. 228). The accuracy
of this writer is well established: no traveller in that region may be
so safely relied on. P. de Acosta is of opinion that this and all the
other traditions do not respect the universal deluge, but another peculiar
to America. I do not agree with him in opinion: I have always thought
that all refer to the deluge mentioned in the first Chapter of